One of the biggest issues in the electric vehicle industry lately has been Chinese electric vehicle exports to the US and Europe and whether those vehicles should face high tariffs.
As it turns out, these are not exclusive to one side. Some are on the Chinese side, while others are on the US & European side. Nonetheless, all together, they make this whole dispute look like a child’s game where both sides are continually changing the rules, crying, fighting, and then changing the rules again. Maybe there are no simple solutions here.
I’m sure it’s not going to happen, and I imagine I’m naive here in multiple ways, but it seems to me there should be some shared accounting system and even a shared platform or tool combined with simple, clear rules for international trade that can indicate if a car should have an import duty of 6.7% or 7.8% or 13.1% or whatever, and parties should adhere to those rules the same in either direction.
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